Audit Disabled Accounts
Imagine waking up to an email full of alerts about unwanted access attempts. It is every administrator's nightmare. The truth is that many security incidents can be traced back to disabled accounts that were not properly reviewed. You might wonder, "What about disabled accounts? "Aren't they harmless?" Well, not quite. There are reasons we need...
Extra Registry Settings in Group Policy
While working with Group Policy this month, I ran across an oddity I have never seen before, "Extra Registry Settings" These were inside the default domain policy and I had no idea why they were there. So, I did some research. What are they? These keys come from when...
Get-Credentials to Plain Text
Sometimes I like to go back and see where I can improve my scripts. A few weeks ago I showed you the Unifi Controller script. Where it pulls the client information from each site. Well, I wanted to improve upon this script. A problem I see with this script is the...
LAPS Password With PowerShell
A few of my clients use something called LAPS. Laps change the local administrator password on a computer and then store the information inside Active Directory. Since I don't dive deep into this client's computers often, I needed something to quickly type the first...
